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Jul. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

Foreign Buyers Tax: Suppositions and Implications

From the Sun’s Vaughn Palmer: “Liberals play to electorate with foreign home tax” Caution is generally seen as a virtue in…
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Jul. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

Well, well, look what just happened

Anyone care to speculate how this came about – and some of the consequences?…
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Jul. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: The Elephant Race

Ian takes a quote from Sandy Garossino’s critique on real estate and race in the National Observer: Little could be…
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Jul. 07, 2016 / Gordon Price

Waiting to be Brexited: Today's Story

Just in time for the Province’s release of foreign-ownership data, here’s an international story just today that makes it clear how…
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Jul. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Thirty Days or less-no lease Airbnb

I  leased a condo on the upper East Side of Manhattan through Craigslist while doing some work in New York City.…
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Jun. 20, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Million Dollar Real Estate in Blue

  The Vancouver Sun has published Vancouver’s Million Dollar Map .  This series of maps was produced by Acting Director of Simon…
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Jun. 20, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Yes It Is High, But We Don't Know Why

A new study of Vancouver’s real estate published in the Georgia Straight has preliminary results indicating that while investment from offshore…
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Jun. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Delusion and Real Estate in Vancouver

A comment in The Rabble by Michael Stewart – in response to the Walrus articles by Kerry Gold and Gregor…
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Jun. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Too Little Too Late? Gregor’s Lax Housing Tax

After much dithering at the Provincial level this  Globe and Mail Article  states that Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver is…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Gordon Price

Tsawwassen Mills 2 – The Contradiction

So far, Tsawwassen First Nation has had a pass on the Mills; it’s been too uncomfortable for most to criticize,…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills still going strong?

In March I updated Price Taggers  on the latest news from the “all things mega” mall development at Tsawwassen Mills, located…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Should You Pay Or Should You Go?

  If you own a house in Metro Vancouver, your property tax notice may have been a surprise. It is…
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Jun. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

$92 Dollars An Hour on the East Side

  This article in the Vancouver Sun written by Stephanie Ip  confirms what many had surmised-instead of working for a…
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Jun. 03, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Where Do We Go From Here?

  Bob Rennie of Bob Rennie Realty spoke to the Urban Development Institute (UDI) on Thursday, giving his professional and…

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